Originally Posted by big guy

Perhaps I was unclear. My point is the reduction in poling stations is just one more way to inconvenience the voter and reduce the turnout in certain areas. I did read the article including the readers comment at the bottom questioning if they have studied the numbers before going ahead. When you take all the things that have been done to make voting tougher one cannot avoid getting the impression there is a larger effort to suppress the vote. Thanks for the warm welcome!